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Oh, and the episode contains a very, very rare belly laugh from Worf. This ep actually makes you buy into the idea that Picard sent a ship back in time and altered history on the word of his bartender, Guinan (Whoopi Goldberg). Tasha Yar (Denise Crosby), whose death in season one was lackluster and pointless, but it also gives us Enterprise history by introducing us to the previous ship to go by that name, the Enterprise-C. Not only does this alternate timeline episode give fans a proper farewell for Lt. Maybe the most fan service-y episode in all of TNG history, “Yesterday’s Enterprise” is also incredibly well written and acted. The alien captain takes extreme measures to make sure a form of communication can be established between the Federation and his people, in a story about what one person is willing to sacrifice to make sure that two different races can just sit down and talk to one another. Even the always reliable universal translators can’t help the Enterprise crew understand them. The Enterprise encounters an alien race whose language is entirely metaphorical, and based on their own mythology. Once again, Sir Patrick proves he’s an acting god in some of his most powerful work on the show. Somehow, it all makes for a compelling two hours of Star Trek. A two parter that deftly juggles two very different stories, one, about the horrors of torture and the plight of POWs, and the other, about what it’s like to have an awful, humorless jerk as your boss, as the Enterprise must take on a new captain. You’ve seen the meme, and this is the episode from whence it came. Moore, and a wonderful reflection on how the parts of our past we are most ashamed of help to make us who we are.

It’s a wonderful, semi-autobiographic treatment from longtime Trek writer Ronald D. The sci-fi version of It’s A Wonderful Life, in “Tapestry,” cosmic nuisance Q (John de Lancie) gives a dying Jean-Luc a chance to go back in time to his wayward youth, when he was more hooligan and a lot less scholar. This episode is the directorial debut of Jonathan Frakes, who went on to direct many Treks, as well as First Contact.

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Another example from TNG‘s incredible third season, this story finds Data attempting to create another android like himself, whom he considers to be his child. “The Offspring”Įven the hardest of men cry at the end of this episode. This episode shows how complicated the duty-bound Klingon society is, and the lengths Worf will go to protect the thing most important to him - his honor. Worf’s long lost brother Kurn (Tony Todd) shows up, and brings with him news of an attempt to smear Worf’s family name back on the Klingon homeworld. There is a cool sci-fi concept about anti-time at the core, and guest star John de Lancie is great as ever as Q, but the real heart of this episode is when Picard finally realizes his crew is the best family he could have ever had.

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One of the best series finales of all time, the show’s final episode finds Picard taking a journey in three different timelines - the past (recreating the show’s pilot), the present, and the future, when the crew has all drifted apart. Picard steps in to mind meld with him and give him his fortitude (temporarily), and the scene where he has to unleash two centuries of buried emotions - love, regret, sadness, anger - is a powerhouse moment for Stewart. He’s suffering from a Vulcan form of Alzheimer’s, which forces him to lose control of his emotions, something totally repellent to his species. In a rare reference to the original series, Spock’s father Sarek (Mark Lenard) boards the Enterprise for one last mission at 202 years of age. In honor of the series’ 30th, we’re listing the best episodes ever. With an amazing cast led by Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard, the show floundered at first before finding its voice and becoming one of the greatest sci-fi shows ever made.

But after all this time, TNG ultimately stands side by side with its famous predecessor. This fall marks 30 years since Star Trek: The Next Generation boldly hit the airwaves - the show had huge shoes to fill and was marked for failure by many.

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